Prove that each of the four triangles formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of a triangle are similar to the…
CBSE Class 10 Maths PYQ · Triangles · Similarity with Quadrilaterals · 3 Marks · July 2023 · Standard
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Prove that each of the four triangles formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of a triangle are similar to the original triangle.
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Let D, E, F be the mid-points of sides BC, CA, AB respectively of $\triangle ABC$. By Mid-point Theorem, DE $||$ AB and DE $= \frac{1}{2}$ AB. EF $||$ BC and EF $= \frac{1}{2}$ BC. FD $||$ AC and FD $= \frac{1}{2}$ AC. Consider $\triangle AFE$ and $\triangle ABC$. $\frac{AF}{AB} = \frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{AE}{AC} = \frac{1}{2}$ (F and E are mid-points) $\angle A$ is common. So, $\triangle AFE \sim \triangle ABC$ (SAS similarity criterion). Similarly, $\triangle BDF \sim \triangle ABC$ and $\triangle CED \sim \triangle ABC$. Also, DE $||$ AB, so ADEF is a parallelogram. $\angle FDE = \angle A$ (Opposite angles of parallelogram) $\frac{FD}{AC} = \frac{1}{2}$, $\frac{DE}{AB} = \frac{1}{2}$, $\frac{FE}{BC} = \frac{1}{2}$ So, $\triangle FDE \sim \triangle ABC$ (SSS similarity criterion). Thus, all four triangles are similar to the original triangle.